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Am I eating too much or too little?
I'm a dude 18 5'7 Okay, so using tdee I ate at 1700 and lost a few pounds to reach 158 but summer came by and I was impatient so I dropped to pretty much 1400 calories and I hit a wall at 153. So I took advice and upped my calories back to 1700 and my result was an unbelievable increase in my appetite and I was constantly…
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Finding the right amount of calories>
Okay, so using tdee I ate at 1700 and lost a few pounds to reach 158 but summer came by and I was impatient so I dropped to pretty much 1400 calories and I hit a wall at 153. So I took advice and upped my calories back to 1700 and my result was an unbelievable increase in my appetite and I was constantly thinking about…
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Huge increase in appetite suddenly?
I've been successfully losing up until last month when I stalled and I've been gaining and losing the same few pounds. I'm 5'7 154-157. Short story Did tdee- 20% and it worked but I wanted it to speed up so I went very low on the calories but then I increased them again around two weeks ago. Anyways, since the start of…
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Losing and gaining the same few pounds for a month
I was at 154/5 on the 12th of august, now nearly a month later I am stuck at 155 and my weight jumps to 156-7ish but comes back down usually. I've been in a calorie deficit all month by zig-zaging a bit here and there. Is this a plateau? What should I do?
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Water retention won't go away?
I stalled for a week and went up a pound doing after constantly losing. After reading about dieters edema, I decided to have a cheat day and ate a lot but my sodium intake wasn't very high. The next morning I gained 4 pounds and then a pound after that. I eat fast food a lot and it never interferes with my weight loss…
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I'm Stuck
I've lost 13-14 pounds in a constant motion over the summer until two weeks ago, I stalled for a week and went up a pound. So I figured maybe I needed to have a cheat meal because I overestimate my calories a lot and figure I'm under-eating . The next day I'm about 5 pounds heavier. After a week of waiting and sticking to…
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What should I do? Weight went up and stalled?
K, so I've been losing about a pound a week like clockwork with the occasional stall for a couple days. However, I've been stuck at 154 for a week and today, it went up two pounds despite doing the exact same eating routine as usual per calorie. I have it set at 1700 but I know I overestimate all the time, I'm probably…
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High sodium and lost weight?
Alright, so I stuck in my calorie goal and I think I might of crossed it by a 100 tops. However, my sodium, sugar, and carbs were higher than usual and my weight dropped a couple of pounds. I'm not complaining here just wondering how? I wasn't expecting that. My sodium was almost a 1000 higher than usual. It's probably…
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What? A 3500 or more deficit of the week and gained?
So I slipped up a couple of days ago and went over like 200 calories above maintenance but since I do ESE, I eat very little or nothing the next day. I made at least 3500 deficit or more but gained 3 pounds outta nowhere? I mean, usually I'm good with this stuff but I'm confused as to why? Water weight maybe? It can't be…
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Should I be following my TDEE or BMR for weight loss?
Alright, well just today I discovered TDEE-20% which at my height and weight has me eating about 1800 calories a day. I am just wondering because I see threads dedicated to this method and I see threads that are anti-TDEE. I've been a low calorie eater in the past when I lost my weight before but began cheating and eating…
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Quitting Atkins and transferring to a new diet?
Alright, well after reading all these endomorph diet types, I figured low carb was the way to go and of course I went with the king of that field Atkins. Now, I did it successfully for a week but then fell off the wagon because I felt like crap and kept getting heartburn. I restarted the induction yesterday and I couldn't…
